Work/Care Regimes: Institutions,Culture and Behaviour and the Australian Case

Increasingly around the industrialized world, labour markets rely upon the paid work of women, many of whom have dependents. Such changing patterns of paid work by women — and by men — are located within work/care regimes that are more or less hostile to the needs of paid workers who care for others. This article sets out a model of work/care regimes and locates the Australian case within international and historical contexts. In Australia, the unchanging normative male worker archetype dominates institutions of work and care, while the cultures of motherhood and fatherhood remain stoically resistant to renovation. In the meantime, the behaviour of working women runs ahead of these unchanging cultures and institutions, creating a policy interest in ‘reconciling’ work and care, but a failure to provide it. The reasons for this failure are outlined.     

Who Gets What From Government? Distributional Consequences of Child‐Care Assistance Policies

Given the fragmented structure of child‐care assistance in the United States, it has been difficult to obtain accurate estimates of which families are assisted, through which mechanisms, and at what level. Making use of survey data from New York City, we analyze the distribution of several forms of public child‐care assistance. Results suggest that about 40% of all families with young children receive some form of child‐care assistance. Considering all forms of assistance, the distribution of child‐care help is targeted in both expected and some unexpected ways. Implications of these results are discussed in the context of U.S. child‐care policies governing access and benefit levels.     

The Division of Household Labor in Germany and Israel

We compare the patterns of household division of labor in Germany and Israel—two countries that share key elements of the corporatist welfare regime but differ in their gender regimes—and evaluate several hypotheses using data from the 2002 International Social Survey Program. Although time constraints and relative resources affect the division of household labor and women’s housework in both societies, we find that in Germany the gender order of household labor is more rigid, whereas in Israel the spouses’ linked labor market status exerts distinctive effects. We also find significant relationships between gender ideology and the division of household labor. We discuss the theoretical advantages of approaching the comparative study of gender inequality from the vantage point of family and gender regimes.     

African American family life in societal context: Crisis and hope

Since 1965 hundreds of articles and books have been published about African American families. Nevertheless, our understanding of these families continues to be limited. There is a tendency to gloss over important within-group differences; thus, monolithic, stereotypic and inaccurance portrayals of Black family life are common. This paper sets aside debates of Black family pathology or viability, focusing instead on these families' essential character. The paper seeks to understand Black families on their own terms, locating them in relevant social, historical, political and cultural contexts. Key empirical patterns and trends reveal dramatic changes in Black family geographic location, headship, quality of life and socioeconomic status since 1950.A complex picture is revealed. There has been gradual but steady overall improvement alongside persistent, extreme racial disparties and pronounced class disparities among Black families. The proposed Black Family Socio-Ecological Context model specifies and connects institutional, interpersonal, environmental, temporal and cultural facts that shape the essential character of Black family life in such a way as to produce characteristics simultaneously shared and idiosyncratic. The model also provides an organized, systematic accounting of research and public policy issues relevant to the study of African American families.An early version co-authored with Richard A. English was presented during the National Council on Family Relations Meetings in Portland, Oregon, October 1980.     

本土诗歌经验对于戴望舒象征主义接受的影响

对外来文学的接受 ,是中国文学进入现代之后产生的一个极为重要的话题。戴望舒的象征主义接受立足于中国本土已有的诗歌经验 ,既积极调动了诗人主体的旧诗积淀 ,又充分考虑了新诗发展的实际需求。努力使接受成为一种主动的对话而非被动的倾听 ,显示出了鲜明的主观性、主动性和本土性特征。在中国文学进一步世界化的时候 ,他的做法 ,对于中国新诗的建设是一种有益的启示。     

从《摩奴法典》婚烟家庭法看古印度的法文化

《摩奴法典》是古印度后吠陀时期权威性的法典①,它是古印度社会历史沉淀的产物。从《摩奴法典》的婚姻家庭法中折射出的古印度法文化代表着这一时期法文化的共同特征。以法典的婚姻家庭法为视角,对这一时期古印度的法文化的特点以及各特点的形成原因、表现和社会影响作一分析,便于我们更深刻的了解古印度法系和法文化     

"综合为治"的法律传统与我国古代社会的和谐

“综合为治”的法律传统在我国古代社会的和谐发展中具有重要意义。传统法律中的综合为治包括:人治与法治结合,治官与治民统一,审判与调解并举。其中,人治与法治结合促进了人与自然的和谐,治官与治民统一促进了家庭内部以及官与民的和谐,审判与调解并举促进了人与社会的和谐。     

传统婚姻家庭观的反叛与重塑——试析当代大学生婚姻家庭观念的嬗变

改革开放后的中国正处于社会转型期,物质和精神领域都在发生着巨大的变化。当代大学生是在社会转型时期成长起来的一代,透过他们的婚姻家庭现可以折射出这个时代的特征,某种程度上也可以反映出未来相当长的一段时期内中国知识分子阶层中婚姻家庭的状况和趋势。     

苍凉的欢愉--评赖少其80岁后的作品

中西文化的碰撞,为20世纪的中国画坛平添了诸多扑朔迷离的景象,也为俯仰于这一背景下的无数个体的艺术生命带来了重重疑惑和困扰.赖少其以其特殊的革命经历、独特的文化积累,在自然生命行将停止运行的关键时期凸显了其艺术生命中最本质、最原始、最朴素、最真挚和最纯净的精神境象,真正实现了中国画由传统向现代的转换过程,从而为20世纪的中国画坛绽放了一枝奇瑰的花朵.     

台湾《联合报》副刊的文学传承与角色变迁

报纸副刊是文学与传媒结合的产物,兼具了文学与传媒的双重特点.台湾<联合报>副刊继承与发扬中国报纸副刊"名家办刊"与"文学摇篮"这两大文学传统,在传播的空间构建想像的文学社群,用传播的方式培育时代的文学新锐,并在50年风云变幻中不断调整自己的社会角色:从"文学的伊甸园",到"启蒙的前沿阵地",再到"精致的文学堡垒".其主编从"文学的园丁",到"媒体英雄",再到"新文学的守门人".<联合报>副刊不仅折射出台湾社会变迁的历史轨迹,也为世人留下了文学与传媒互动关系的经典个案.